Do not you even look at the shrimp at the supermarket? Believe that once you learn how to cook them properly, shrimp will be your favorite dish! In fact, most people gladly absorb the shrimp offered to them, but these arthropods in their raw form are not so easy to clean that our compatriots often refuse this treat for this very reason.
However, when meeting a beer with shrimp with a bosom friend or in the family circle, you can not rush and quietly clean one, then another."Shrimp like seeds, - say the people, - first you need to clean, then - in the mouth lower, chew, just a real ritual."And if you imagine that in a short period of time you have to clean quite a lot of shrimp and cook a salad from them? Do not abandon your plans, having certain skills, you will quickly cope with this task, even if ahead of the New Year's feast and every minute is expensive.
We clean shrimps: the most important rules of
- Before you can clean the shrimp, you need to prepare it. After cleaning, this product is almost never subjected to any manipulation. Namely, boil or fry the shrimp is only needed when they are dressed in a shell. Otherwise, you will get dry and tough meat. Shrimp without shells are advised to flavor mayonnaise, vinegar or oil, sprinkle with lemon, also they are kept in marinade, lowered in souffle or crushed.
- Many manufacturers send already cooked products to supermarkets or fish outlets. This procedure before the freezing of arthropods have already passed, so do not long cook such shrimp, this action will only harm them. If you want, after defrosting, you can pour the product with freshly boiled water, which you need to drain after a few minutes. If such a short-term procedure does not give you confidence, then shrimp should be boiled in salt water, but no more than seven minutes. Otherwise, shrimp meat will boil, become dry. Raw, as a rule, are sold large marine specimens, however in what form they are, it is better to read on the price tag or ask the seller.
- Determine initially what you are buying shrimp for. If you decide to prepare a salad or snack, you need to completely remove the shrimp from the shrimp. However, if you want to decorate a shrimp dish or treat guests simply with shrimp, you can leave the tip of the tail, as well as the head. The head will serve as a decoration, but on the mustache and tail, you can determine how good the product you use. If the shrimp is old, and even frost-bitten, you will not see the antennae and tail, they will break off. Fresh, non-frozen individuals have long, well-bent, tiny mustaches at the ends of the mustache. Therefore, if you are planning to show invited guests how fresh seafood is on your table, do not subject the arthropods to complete cleaning. It is enough to remove the shell from the neck, and the head at one point will be removed later. In addition, it is so convenient to take an appetizing shrimp for a ponytail and gladly eat it!
- In order to keep the head and tail of the shrimp in place, it is necessary to take only dense, not overcooked shrimp. For this purpose, poddite scales located at the base of the armor of the arthropod, and pull it upward. If you acted correctly, the shell will open at the bottom. In case of failure, use another method: try to open the shell at the bottom, where the paws are. To do this, you need to grasp the shrimp with the other hand, unfolding it with your paws to yourself. With the help of two thumbs, paw the middle with your fingernails and gently press on the shell, as if drawing the halves aside. After this, gently remove it and the remaining paws. Often come across shrimp with caviar. If shrimp is plentiful, caviar should not be thrown away, it will serve as an ornament for dishes such as sushi or rolls.
- If you need a fully cleared shrimp, just remove her head. Acting in this way, you sort of break the shrimp in the middle, then you step on the armor and unfold it, pulling out the arthropod, like a candy from a wrapper. Sometimes it is enough to pull the body of the shrimp from the inside, and it slips out of the shell itself.